The Grease Band
The Grease Band | |
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Years active | 1968–1975 |
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The Grease Band was a British
Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The band's name derived from an interview Cocker had read with the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, who had approvingly described another performer as having "a lot of grease", with "grease" referring to soul.[1] After Cocker formed the Mad Dogs & Englishmen
album band line-up, the group released two albums without him in the 1970s.
Their
Wings, and continued as a solo artist until his death in June 2016.[2] Rowland, Spenner, Hubbard and McCullough all played on the original 1970 recording of Jesus Christ Superstar.[1]
Personnel
Original Members[3]
- Joe Cocker – lead vocals
- Chris Stainton – keyboards
- Bruce Rowland – drums, percussions, harmonium, backing vocals (died 2015)
- Alan Spenner – bass, vocals (died 1991)
- Neil Hubbard – rhythm & slide guitar, backing vocals
- Henry McCullough – lead guitar, vocals, mandolin (died 2016)
Musicians credited on Amazing Grease[4]
- Mel Collins – saxophones
- Terry Stannard – drums (died 2019)
- Mick Weaver – keyboards
Discography
- The Grease Band[5] (Shelter/Harvest, 1971) - US #190[6] AUS #40[7]
- Amazing Grease[8] (Goodear, 1975)
- On Air[9] (Virgin/Strange Fruit, 1997) – With Joe Cocker
References
- ^ a b c Bruce Eder. "The Grease Band - Biography - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Henry McCullough - BIOGRAPHY". Oldflattop.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ The Grease Band liner notes – Shelter Records, Harvest
- ^ Amazing Grease liner notes – Goodear Records
- ^ Joe Viglione. "The Grease Band - The Grease Band - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Grease". Billboard. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Amazing Grease - The Grease Band - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Joe Cocker And The Grease Band - On Air, retrieved 7 February 2023
Further reading
- ISBN 0899190251– via robertchristgau.com.
External links